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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 13
Original Language EN
Thirteen Against Fate (1966)
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Synopsis
Thirteen Against Fate is a series of thirteen hour-long episodes based on the novels of Georges Simenon. Noted for the sound psychology of his characters, Simenon's stories deal with many nationalities and are set in numerous European cities and villages. There are sequences filmed in these locations integrated into the episodes. In each of the novels chosen for this series, Fate plays a leading role in the development of the story and the characters.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
13 Episodes E1 The Lodger
E2 Trapped
E3 The Traveller
E4 The Widower
E5 The Judge
E6 The Schoolmaster
E7 The Witness
E8 The Friends
E9 The Survivors
E10 The Son
E11 The Murderer
E12 The Suspect
For many years M. Hire has lived a recluse's existence in a seedy Paris lodging house. He has no friends, receives no letters, goes out only to his office or to the cinema. One evening, a brutal killing occurs nearby. A young girl is murdered and her handbag is snatched. When Hire's landlady -- a shrill busybody and gossip - sees a towel in Hire's room, covered with blood from a shaving cut, she jumps to the wrong conclusion and suspects him of the murder. And when she recalls that very late during the night of the crime, she had to pull the cord by her bed to let someone into the house, she is doubly convinced of Hire's guilt. Hardly able to suppress her excitement and self-importance she informs the police of her suspicions. Based on George Simenon's short novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire
E13 The Counsel